#nearer

A science which does not bring us nearer to God is worthless. ↗

— Simone Weil

#does #god #nearer #science #us

Human nature must have come much nearer perfection than it is now, or will be in many generations, to exclude from such a control prejudice, selfishness, ambition, and injustice. ↗

— Elihu Root

#come #control #exclude #generations #human

No advance in wealth, no softening of manners, no reform or revolution has ever brought human equality a millimeter nearer. ↗

— George Orwell

#brought #equality #ever #human #manners

Time and memory are true artists; they remould reality nearer to the heart's desire. ↗

— John Dewey

#desire #heart #memory #nearer #reality

Don't flatter yourself that friendship authorizes you to say disagreeable things to your intimates. The nearer you come into relation with a person, the more necessary do tact and courtesy become. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

#become #come #courtesy #disagreeable #flatter

If I had my will I would live in a ship on the sea, and never come nearer to humanity than that! ↗

— Eleonora Duse

#had #humanity #i #live #nearer

A beast does not know that he is a beast, and the nearer a man gets to being a beast, the less he knows it. ↗

— George MacDonald

#being #does #gets #know #knows

Many a thief is a better man than many a clergyman, and miles nearer to the gate of the kingdom. ↗

— George MacDonald

#better man #clergyman #gate #kingdom #man

It must be remembered that the sea is a great breeder of friendship. Two men who have known each other for twenty years find that twenty days at sea bring them nearer than ever they were before, or else estrange them. ↗

— Gilbert Parker

#bring #days #each #else #ever

On the floor I am more at ease. I feel nearer, more part of the painting, since this way I can walk around it, work from the four sides and literally be in the painting. ↗

— Jackson Pollock

#around #ease #feel #floor #four